The Great Recession the most severe since the 1930s-wreaked havoc on the retirement plans of almost all of us, reducing the value of our savings. Because of this, many people have concluded they must work beyond normal retirement age. More...

The 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature begins this week. The Republican majority House and Senate produced a prolific amount of conservative legislation in their inaugural session of the quadrennium last year. More...

“...Just piddling around....” My Aunt Essie might have answered this way if you ask what she had been doing all morning. Just last week a family member said he was going to piddle around for a while. Piddle? What is that! More...

Some friends, distressed as I am over what is happening to bourbon (see last week’s column), have asked me what can be done to stave off this assault on one of the few remaining strongholds of Dixie’s old white guys. My response.&nb More...